LECTURES IN PATROLOGY

THE

SCHOOL OF ALEXANDRIA

Book one

BEFORE ORIGEN

Preparatory edition

1995

Fr. Tadros Y. Malaty

St. Marks Coptic Orthodox Church
427 West Side Ave.
Jersey City, NJ 07304

THE SCHOOL OF ALEXANDRIA

AND

THE CONTEMPORARY CHURCH

We are in need of studying the thoughts of the School of
Alexandria, especially during the period of the first five centuries. It helps us to
attain the divine grace of the Holy Trinity and practice the unity with the Father and the
Son through the work of the Holy Spirit. It reveals how the early Church understands the
Holy Scriptures, christianizes the Hellenic culture, and faces heresies.

The texts that the Alexandrian Fathers used in this study depend on:
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ancient Writings of the Church, the
Fathers of the Church, Source Christian, etc.

The help of the following persons for revising, editing and typing this
text have been valuable and deeply appreciated: Dr. Maged S. Mikhail, M.D., Mary Rose
Halim, Hala Morcos, Silvia George, Monica Bastawros, Nadia Doss, Peter Fam, and Peter
Adel.

We hope that this simple work will fill us with the grace of the Holy
Spirit.